Scaly breasted munia

This is another tiny 11-12 centimeter bird with a large black stubby, conical beak is a predominantly feeds on grass seeds, millet, rice etc. They have adopted to feeding off tall weeds and even those seeds that have fallen off on the grounds. They are a social species known to roost together and are also seen with a flock of other munias too. They usually feed together and initially a few birds will move ahead and then a few of the other set of birds move. These birds are known with different names such as Spice finch, Nutmeg mannikin etc. These are marked as least concern as per IUCN. These birds are caught for pet trade.

Scaly breasted munia

This is another tiny 11-12 centimeter bird with a large black stubby, conical beak is a predominantly feeds on grass seeds, millet, rice etc. They have adopted to feeding off tall weeds and even those seeds that have fallen off on the grounds. They are a social species known to roost together and are also seen with a flock of other munias too. They usually feed together and initially a few birds will move ahead and then a few of the other set of birds move. These birds are known with different names such as Spice finch, Nutmeg mannikin etc. These are marked as least concern as per IUCN. These birds are caught for pet trade.

Laughing Dove

The name Laughing dove is because the call of this common bird of the backyard is like human laughter. The individual here is seen sunning itself with the wings open. The Laughing Doves are most easily identified by the distinctive rufous and black neck pattern. These doves mainly feeds on grass seeds, grains and sometimes small insects and termites. The laughing dove are monogamous – the pair lasts a lifetime, however in the case of a loss of a partner they do replace partners. They are classified as least concern by IUCN.

DF WildKids – Puzzles / Quiz – July 2016

DF Wildkids @ FaceBook  DF WildKids Home     Contact Us Back Issues Write to team@digitalfrescos.com for comments / suggestions. PUZZLE   –  WORD SEARCH   ********************************** Hi Kids, I’m Benny the Little Bear! Here is a word pool with words related to Birds. The words to be searched by you will be displayed in the list shown on the right side. Drag and select a word to lock it and the locked word will be deleted from the list. Happy Puzzling!   [wordsearch-mp ws_size=750 ws_dimension=12 mywordlist=’HAWK,EAGLE,PIGEON,VULTURE,SPARROW,PARAKEET,QUAIL,WARBLER,WOODPECKER,PELICAN,GROSBEAK,KESTREL’]   Liked this Page? Write your comments / suggestions here..   Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  

DF- WildKids – July 2016 – Learn to Draw

DF Wildkids @ FaceBook    DF WildKids Home   Contact Us Back Issues Write to team@digitalfrescos.com for comments / suggestions. Learn to Draw a Parrot Dear Kids,Welcome to Learn to draw Page.Let’s learn to draw a parakeet in few steps. Your comments / suggestions here..